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Association of the CTLA-4 +49A/G polymorphism with rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese Han population.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Mar 2013
Tang Ming-Jie, Zhou Zu-Bin
Abstract excerpt
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is an important molecule in the regulation of T cells, so the CTLA-4 gene has been considered as a strong candidate associated with T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). CTLA-4 has many variants and polymorphic forms, among which the +49A/G polymorphism, causing a non-synonymous substitution, has been studied most. However,...
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